Articles tagged with: Video Tutorial


Nov 20, 20118

How to Use Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site’s CSS (Video Tutorial)

Categories: CSS, Video Tutorial, Wordpress
How to Use Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site’s CSS (Video Tutorial)
In this video tutorial we will show you how you can customize the sytle of your WordPress site easily using a FireFox addon called Firebug. You can do the same thing using Google Chrome's inspector tool too. We'll do this by walking you through a live example in which we will make a selection of modifications to a standard WordPress site using the TwentyEleven WordPress theme. What is Firebug Firebug is a handy tool which every web developer and blog owner should have in their arsenal. Firebug enables you to very easily investigate or troubleshoot almost any CSS design question or problem. It is an ideal tool for WordPress bloggers because you can use it to assist you in making modifications to your WordPress site's styling or layout. What will be Covered in this Video Tutorial we will show you examples of CSS modifications for properties and scenarios such as the following:Changing the background color of a page Modifying the padding and margin properties to achieve a particular spacing between elements Changing the colors of text such as the main blog title and post titles Moving a particular element on a page by modifying some of its propertiesUse Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site's CSS Video Part 1Use Firebug ...
Nov 1, 201111

How to Add Google Custom Search to WordPress (Video Tutorial)

Categories: Blog Setup, Video Tutorial, Wordpress
How to Add Google Custom Search to WordPress (Video Tutorial)
The default search engine that ships with WordPress does not do a very good job when you start to get a bit of content on your WordPress powered site. It just isn't as smart as Google search so you should integrate Google Custom Search (CSE) into your WordPress site as sooon as possible. This will allow your visitors to searh your site efficeintly.In this video tutorial I will show you how you can easily change your default Wordpress search to use Google Custom Search without using any WordPress plugin(s). Integrate Google Custom Search into WordPress VideoAlternatively, you can view this video on YouTube by going to the following linkHow to Integrate Google Custom Search into WordPressNow you should be all set to let your visitors search your site using Google search.
Oct 16, 201112

How to Create a Custom WordPress Page Template (Video Tutorial)

Categories: Shop Admin Tips, Video Tutorial, Web Design
How to Create a Custom WordPress Page Template (Video Tutorial)
We published a tutorial on how to create a Custom Page Template in WordPress a while back. Since then we received many requests from our readers to create a video tutorial on this topic so we are following up with a video tutorial covering the basics on how to create a custom WordPress page template. Why Use a Custom WordPress Page Template? If you want to create an optimized landing page in WordPress that looks different than a normal page then you need to use a custom WordPress page template. A custom page template will allow you to control every aspect of how a particular page looks like without having to change any design of your blog or switching to a different WordPress theme.You can use custom WordPress page templates to:Create unique looking sales page for your product(s) Create your newsletter opt-in page designed for maximum conversion Create a landing page for your affiliates Create a funnel page to capture leads Create a portfolio page Create a custom gallery page Create a custom join us page for your membership site and the list goes onVideo TutorialIf you need a little help with the CSS side of things when designing your custom page template then checkout the article on firebug and CSS.
Jun 3, 201117

How to Easily Import or Export any of Your WordPress Database Content (Video Tutorial)

Categories: Tech Tips, Video Tutorial, Web Hosting, Wordpress
How to Easily Import or Export any of Your WordPress Database Content (Video Tutorial)
I get asked a lot of questions on how to import or export data to or from a particular WordPress database table on a regular basis. For example:How can I export all my products details from a particular WordPress plugin to a CSV file? How can I export all the products info from WP eStore plugin to a CSV file? How can I export all my members details from the WordPress membership plugin to a Spread sheet? How can I export all my affiliates details? How can I export my customer details in a certain way? and so on...WordPress uses MySQL database and one of the benefits of MySQL database is that you can easily import or export data to and from any MySQL database table. Many people probably do not know that there is a great tool called PHPMyadmin that you can access from your cPanel (most hosting provider will offer cPanel with your hosting account for free).It is extremely easy to use PHPMyAdmin to do any kind of importing or exporting of data and it is available to you for free. All you really need is a good tutorial that shows you how to use the PHPMyAdmin tool. So we have created a ...
Jan 2, 201017

How to Make a PayPal Mass Payment

Categories: Payment Processor
How to Make a PayPal Mass Payment
If you frequently make paypal payments to multiple recipients (e.g. to payout for affiliate commisson) and if you don't use the PayPal's mass payment option then this article is for you. Now, my first question to you is "Why aren't you using mass payment again?" :)PayPal's mass payment allows anyone with a Premier or Business account to send multiple payments instantly and has the following two big advantages:You save big on the fees. A low fee of 2.0% of the payment amount with a cap of $1.00 USD (or its equivalent in the payment currency) is assessed on each payment made with Mass Payment. Payments with PayPal’s Mass Payment are instant so you don't have to mail out the checks.How to Make a PayPal Mass Payment Step 1: Create a Mass Pay File Create a tab-delimited text file. List the recipients' email addresses in the first column and the payment amounts in the second column. In the third column, enter the three-letter code for the currency in which the payments will be sent. The following is a screenshot of a sample mass payment file:[caption id="attachment_1935" align="alignnone" width="296" caption="Screenshot of a Mass Pay File"][/caption] Step 2: Make the Payment In this step you have to ...
Jan 2, 20099

How to Create WordPress blog posts and pages (Video Tutorial)

Categories: Blog Setup
How to Create WordPress blog posts and pages (Video Tutorial)
This post is aimed at the WordPress beginners who are looking for a tutorial on how to create a WordPress post with video instructions. How to Create a post in WordPress Creating a post in WordPress is really simple.Login to the WordPress dashboard by visiting www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin Click on ‘Add New’ from the ‘Posts’ menu once you are inside the WordPress admin panel There are four main and important sections in a post that you should fill in before publishing the postThe post title Post content Tags CategoriesGive the post a nice title. Add the post content in the content section. Add relevant tags for this post. Add the post to the relevant category (Create a category if a relevant category doesn’t exist). Publish the post by hitting the 'Publish' button.Few Post Editing How TosTo add a more tag in the post just position the cursor at the appropriate place then click on the 'Insert More Tag' To create a header text just select the text then chose the desired Heading style To insert bulleted list just click on the Ordered List button To add the post to a Category just tick the desired category from the categories list If a relevant category doesn't exist then click on the 'Add New Category' and add it To add ...
Dec 31, 200856

How to Fix ‘Unable to create directory’ error when uploading image into WordPress

Categories: Troubleshooting
How to Fix ‘Unable to create directory’ error when uploading image into WordPress
This post has a textual and video instructions showing how to fix the WordPress "Unable to create directory" error when uploading/inserting image into WordPress.I started getting the "Unable to create directory /wp-content/uploads/2008/12. Is its parent directory writable by the server?" error when uploading or inserting image into a WordPress post just after upgrading to WordPress 2.7. First I thought it is a directory permission related error so I tried changing the permission of my 'upload' directory to 777 but I was still having the same problem. After trying many things I was able to fix it using the following method.Log into your WordPress Admin account. Go to 'Miscellaneous' Settings options from the 'Settings' menu. In the Miscellaneous Settings put wp-content/uploads in the "Store uploads in this folder" text box. Save the Changes by hitting the "Save Changes" button and you are done.Fix WordPress Image Upload Error: Video InstructionsLet me know if this method worked for you.

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